Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 409 - 106: Tianming Immortal Palace
Heavenly Ming Immortal Realm.
Immortal Palace.
As an ancient ruling force in the Heavenly Ming Immortal Realm, all the cultivation sects in this realm are merely affiliates of the Immortal Palace.
All the prodigies in other cultivation sects aim to be chosen by the Immortal Palace to cultivate there.
And the progress and status of these prodigies’ cultivation are always closely monitored by many experts of the Immortal Palace.
Being chosen by the Grotto Heaven is a significant event, even in the Immortal Palace, which is filled with prodigies.
Especially this time, the descending Grotto Heaven is the Two-World Grotto Heaven, which has not appeared for tens of thousands of years!
"Great Elder!"
The arrival of this Grotto Heaven startled several elder cultivators at the questioning-the-dao level within the Immortal Palace. Moreover, since both Palace Masters had gone to Pangu Continent, the Great Elder, who held the greatest power in the Immortal Palace, was startled out of seclusion.
"Not out yet?"
The Great Elder of the Immortal Palace looked at the several elderly cultivators in robes before him and asked.
"Not yet, but it should be soon." An elder at the early stage of questioning-the-dao stepped forward.
"Elder Fu, which disciples were chosen by the Two-World Grotto Heaven this time?" The Great Elder of the Immortal Palace asked.
Elder Fu responded, "All five are True Disciples, including Lü Wangshu, whom you have high hopes for, Great Elder! And the Treasure Beast I picked up from outside is also among them!"
"Is that so?" The Great Elder of the Immortal Palace stroked his beard and said, "Lü Wangshu, less than a hundred years old, simultaneouly achieved Great Perfection in both the original body and avatar at the Nascent Soul Stage, and mastered the Lunar Solar Bodies. He is indeed a promising talent."
"If nothing unexpected happens, he might secure a spot in the next batch entering the Source World from the Heavenly Ming Realm."
"If he achieves something in the Source World, one of us might take him as a disciple, paving the way for his journey in the dao."
"Indeed." Elder Fu sighed and said, "With him here, we should gain victory in the Two-World Grotto Heaven this time. Though, I’m unsure how much intelligence we can gather from the Celestial Essence Realm. Despite both being Immortal Palace inheritors, the Celestial Essence Realm has yet to be discovered by the ’Cultivation Alliance.’ Could it already have fallen to the Celestial Demon Sect..."
Several questioning-the-dao elders slightly nodded. The two Immortal Palaces from different cultivation realms don’t fully overlap in inheritance and have their distinct emphases.
Currently, the Heavenly Ming Immortal Realm’s strength in the Cultivation Alliance is not among the top tiers.
If we contact the Celestial Essence Realm, the cooperation of the two Immortal Palace inheritances will undoubtedly elevate our influence within the Cultivation Alliance...
After a while.
Five beams of Grotto Heaven light dissipated on five mountaintops in a mountain range within the Immortal Palace.
Each peak in this mountain range housed a True Disciple. As the pillars dissipated, several questioning-the-dao elders hastily released their Divine Sense.
Moments later, Elder Fu’s expression changed, for he found the Treasure Beast Zhuomu did not return!
This occurrence only suggests one possibility—death in the Grotto Heaven!
"What’s this!" The Great Elder of the Immortal Palace’s expression changed too, as he discovered the number one Nascent Soul disciple of the Immortal Palace, Lü Wangshu, had returned nearly unconscious, full of poison!
"Come!" With a wave of his hand through the clouds, Lü Wangshu was lifted to the air and sent in front of several questioning-the-dao elders.
"It’s Gu poison." The Great Elder remarked strangely, "Such a brutal Gu poison, only Void Profound Power could suppress it, and only questioning-the-dao power could resolve it."
With a sweep of his sleeve, Lü Wangshu’s complexion immediately improved, and simultaneously, other prodigies returning from the Grotto Heaven were drawn up by the questioning-the-dao elders.
These Nascent Soul prodigies had never witnessed such a scene. Even when prodigies were chosen by the Grotto Heaven, at most, only Elder Void Profound would come and inquire. Yet, the Two-World Grotto Heaven had actually attracted the questioning-the-dao elders here!
"Lost?"
Seeing the mental state of this group of disciples, the questioning-the-dao elders immediately knew that the Heavenly Ming Realm must have lost in the Two-World Grotto Heaven!
Their faces darkened involuntarily—a bunch of good-for-nothings...
"Great Elder." Upon awakening, Lü Wangshu looked extremely fearful, never expecting the Great Elder to personally antidote his poison.
"Recover well." The Great Elder looked at Lü Wangshu with disappointment. No matter what, losing is losing. There is no "Perform better next time" here at the Immortal Palace. With too many talented prodigies here, the prodigies from a whole realm gather here. If you don’t perform, step aside—resources will go to others.
"Reporting to the elders, it’s our incompetence that lost the Grotto Heaven battle." Several disciples knelt down and pleaded guilty to the elders.
"Ah." Several elders who were initially full of confidence shook their heads. This batch of disciples’ quality is indeed lacking, sorely inadequate compared to the previous batch.
Elder Fu looked at them indifferently and asked, "So, Zhuomu died in the Grotto Heaven? Could the Celestial Essence Realm have produced an Immortal Body, a Nascent Soul Stage juvenile Immortal Body?"
"You, Tianlian, right? You speak."
Elder Fu glanced at the Divine Pity Body, Tianlian, in the best state, who immediately said, "...Reporting to elder, it wasn’t an Immortal Body, but a Beast Taming Cultivator who was extremely outrageous."
"Beast Taming Cultivator?" At this moment, even the Great Elder of the Immortal Palace expressed puzzlement—how could a Beast Taming Cultivator manage to sweep away the prodigies meticulously chosen from various sects and nurtured by the Immortal Palace???
Beast Taming Technique is typically a cultivation technique favored by those somewhat privileged and ambitionless second-generation immortals.
"Yes, Beast Taming Cultivator... The poison injury on Senior Brother Lü was inflicted by a venomous spider sent by the opponent."
"Junior Brother Zhuomu was also killed by a carp spirit sent by the opponent, refined into medicine alive."
"And even Junior Brother Yuanliu was wounded by a squirrel spirit sent by the opponent, using a demon pill..."
"Wait, are you saying all of you were defeated by the same Beast Taming Cultivator??" Elder Fu felt as though he might have misunderstood something.
Tianlian smiled bitterly, "The opponent... each pet beast has the power to crush us. The Beast Taming Cultivator merely sent them one by one, putting us in a tough spot."
"What kind of joke is this." The Great Elder of the Immortal Palace furrowed his eyebrows—this is even more outrageous than encountering several Immortal Bodies.
Since when could Beast Taming Cultivators achieve such levels?
Or is there this talent for controlling monstrous demon beasts, yet choosing to cultivate Beast Taming Technique over other Immortal Techniques?
In the following moments, several questioning-the-dao elders delved into the details of the Grotto Heaven battle, growing angrier as the conversation went on.
From the looks of it, the Celestial Essence Realm side seems to have an interrupted Immortal Palace inheritance, yet even so, these disciples suffered such a crushing defeat???
Not only did they lose, but they didn’t bring back any useful intelligence either.
"You are the worst batch of True Disciples I’ve witnessed." The Great Elder of the Immortal Palace spoke calmly, "Your Senior Brother Shangguan is now in the Source World, having cultivated into the Acquired Immortal Body through the Immortal Source. Several other seniors have also made notable gains, currently contending against Heavenly Demon Realm’s prodigies for more immortal sources to strengthen Heavenly Ming! In your current state, how does the Immortal Palace feel secure in sending you to the Source World to compete against myriad realm’s prodigies!?"
"From today onwards, you four, head to the ’Soul-Burial Valley’ for constrained cultivation. If you cannot leave the Soul-Burial Valley by your own strength, you will lose eligibility to compete for the Source World quota!"
